Musicians from all over the world gathered at the UK’s Glastonbury festival this week, as headlines were dominated by artists expressing pro-Palestinian solidarity and vocally speaking out against Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.
The festival, held in Somerset began on Wednesday and ends on Sunday. It features around 4,000 artists performing across 120 stages, with headline performances from Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo and Charli XCX.
The BBC who has broadcasting rights to the festival since 1996, refused to televise Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap’s set live on Saturday, instead saying their performance will available to watch on its streaming service, iPlayer.
In videos shared on social media, Kneecap led thousands of festival attendees in “Free Palestine” chants on Saturday, and criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer who said earlier this week that it “would be inappropriate” for the Irish band to perform at the festival.
During the performance, Naoise Ó Cairealláin said: “The Prime Minister of your country, not mine, said he didn’t want us to play, so f*** Keir Starmer.” …..more
